| Your Goal | Recommended Format | Tool | | :--- | :--- | :--- | | | FAT32 (auto-handled) | Microsoft Media Creation Tool | | UEFI / Modern PC | FAT32 (with split WIM) | Rufus (select FAT32) | | Legacy BIOS / Old PC | NTFS | Rufus (select NTFS) | | Copy/Paste from Mac or Linux | FAT32 (split file manually) | Terminal + wimlib |